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SMART PARENTS, SAFE KIDSHOME FIRE SAFETY

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Safe Kids Research

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Safe Kids Research

• Fire escape plans are important to have, but 46 percent of parents surveyed say they don’t have a fire escape plan.

• It’s important to practice as a family, even at night.

• While only 20 percent of reported home fires happen between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., 51 percent of home fire deaths resulted from fires during this time.

Fire Escape Plans

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Home Fire Safety: The FactsAccording to the United States Fire Administration (USFA), 81 percent of all fire deaths and 76 percent of all fire injuries occurred in homes.

Each year there are an estimated:

• 365,500 home fires (In 2011 CA reported 7620 residential fires)

• 2,560 deaths (CA – 116 total, 75 residential)

• 13,275 injuries• $6.6 billion in property loss (CA -

$438,663,750 property/contents loss)

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Home Fire Safety

Each year• There are nearly 400,000 home fires*.• Leading cause of deadly home fires is

smoking• Cooking accidents

cause most home fires

*http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/smoking/GeneralAudienceFactSheet.pdf

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IF A FIREOR BURN HAPPENS

Fire: When in doubt, get out. • Close the door behind you.• Call 9-1-1 after you are out.

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IF A FIRE OR BURN HAPPENS IN YOUR HOME

Fire: Get Low and Go!• Don’t look for pets, just GET

OUT.• Smoke rises, so stay low to

avoid smoke inhalation.

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GETTING OUT OF THE HOUSE

Fire: Two Ways Out• Know at least two ways out of every room, if possible. Make sure doors and windows open easily.

• Practice different ways to get out with your children.

Practice

Practice

Practice

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GETTING OUT OF THE HOUSE

Fire: Recognize the sound of the alarm• Make sure your children know the sound of the alarm.

• When they hear it, get out and STAY OUT

Fire: Select a family meeting place in front of the house

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PREPARING FOR A FIRE

Working smoke alarms on every level of your home.

• Test batteries twice a year

Make a written plan. • Two ways out of every room• Close doors behind you

Teach children to escape on their own

• Get low and go• Don’t look for pets• Never go back inside for people

or pets

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FireFire Extinguisher• Only use a fire extinguisher if you have

been trained how to use it correctly.• If you have a fire extinguisher, learn to use

it.

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Preparing Your Family

Deciding to Use a Fire extinguisher• Do not attempt to fight a fire unless it is small and confined such as a small trash can fire.

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If your clothes catch fire• STOP right away.• DROP to the ground, cover your chest with

your hands.• ROLL over & over or back & forth to put out

the fire.

If a Fire or Burn Occurs

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MAKING YOUR HOME

SAFER

Smoking• Please don’t smoke!• Do not smoke inside the home or near children.

• If you must smoke, wet butts with water before throwing away.

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Making Your Home Safer

Portable Space Heaters• Only use a space heater when an adult is in the room.

• Pay close attention to children and pets when using space heaters.

• Keep heaters three feet from anything that can burn.

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Fire Places and Woodstoves • Burn only wood.• Use sturdy screens or glass doors.• Keep young children at least 3 feet from fireplaces and woodstoves.

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Matches and Lighters• Store matches and lighters in a locked cabinet if young children live in or visit your home.

Right click to view video

https://youtu.be/uRoAj3ylyF4

https://youtu.be/uRoAj3ylyF4

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Making Your Home SaferCandles• Use flameless battery-operated candles• If you must use candles, they should be where pets or

kids cannot reach them.• Blow out candles before going to sleep or leaving the

room.• Never leave candles burning when you leave the house

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Storing flammable products• Store gasoline in a safe container in a shed or detached garage.

• Close the lid on any products that are flammable or dangerous and store them in a safe place with a lock.

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SMOKE ALARMS:

Will your child hear the smoke alarm while sleeping?

Install a smoke alarm • On every floor of your home.• Inside and outside every

bedroom or sleeping area.

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https://youtu.be/-az6BooRLxw





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Smoke Alarms

Have Smoke Alarms That Work • Test alarms once a month. • Put new batteries in alarms at

least every year. • Replace alarms at least every

10 years.

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Smoke Alarms

• There are two kinds of smoke alarms:• Photoelectric• Ionization

• Some alarms are both types – dual sensor.• Some alarms have batteries that last up to 10-years.

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PREPARING YOUR FAMILY

Make a home fire escape map.

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Safe exits• Keep your exit routes clear at all times.• Make sure doors and windows open easily.• A window is a critical

escape route.

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Preparing Your FamilyFire drill:

1. Push the button on your smoke alarm.

2. Take a phone with you.

3. Check each child's room.

4. Close all the doors behind you.

5. Go to safe meeting spot outside.

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If you can’t get out of the room: • Close your door and wave a white shirt or pillow case out the window.

• Use a fire escape ladder if can do so safely.

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Emergency information• Do not call 9-1-1 from inside a home where there is a fire.

• Use a cell phone or a neighbor’s phone after you have gotten out safely.

GET OUT FIRST!

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PREVENTING SCALD BURNS

Set your water heater at 120 degrees F or just below the medium setting.

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Scalds

Bathroom• When children are in or near the tub, watch them closely.

• Run your hand through the water to test for hot spots.

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Scald Burns

If a burn occurs• Cool water• No lotion, creams, or butter• Seek medical attention

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REFERENCES• United States Fire Administration. Cooking Fire Safety [online] (2010) http://

www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/home_fire_prev/cooking.shtm • United States Fire Administration. How to Prevent Cooking Fires and Related Injuries.

(2007) http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/cooking/fa-312-ig.pdf • United States Fire Administration - National Fire Data Center. Cooking Fire [online] (2004)

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v4i4.pdf • U.S.National Library of Medicine, Medline Plus – Burns. [online] (2011) http://

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000030.htm

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centers for Injury Prevention and Control. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) [online]. (2005)

• United States Fire Administration - National Fire Data Center. Residential Structure and

Building Fires. (2008) http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/Residential_Structure_and_Building_Fires.pdf

• United States Fire Administration - National Fire Data Center. Facts About Smoking and Home Fires. (2007)

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/home_fire_prev/cooking.shtm

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/home_fire_prev/cooking.shtm

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/cooking/fa-312-ig.pdf

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/cooking/fa-312-ig.pdf

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v4i4.pdf

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v4i4.pdf

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000030.htm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000030.htm

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